Best 2 Player Card Games (#1 is My Favorite)

Best 2 Player Card Games: Getting bored on weekends and it’s raining? Well, it is probably enough to set your mood totally down. With the electricity gone, you cannot even use your video games or other electrical appliances to keep yourself entertained. This is the time when card games come to the rescue. If you think you cannot play card games with two people then we have great recommendation as best 2 play card games for you.

Best 2 Player Card Games

This list of best 2 player card games would keep you hooked with your other partner to your place until you win high in this. No matter what your age is, these games are suitable for all age groups and easy to understand too.

The list of 2 player games is given as follows-

Crazy Eights

Crazy Eights is one of the best 2 player card games. The object of the game is really simple and you can understand it through these points.

The main object of the game is to get rid of all the cards in your hands and the person who does it at first place is the winner of the game.

To get rid of all the cards, you have to match each card from the first card of the discarded pile. It must be either of its color or of its sequence.

The cards having 8 on it will be used as the wild card.

Gin Rummy

Gin Rummy is another pick in the list of best 2 player games. Here are some of the points about this game which would clear its objective for you.

In the Gin Rummy, you would have to get rid of all the cards as well. And you can do that by making certain combinations out of them.

This can be done by making run/sequence or set/group.

In run/sequence three or four cards belonging to the same suit are arranged in a consecutive manner. For example- 6, 7, 8 of hearts.

In group/set three or four cards of same number and different suits combined together. For example 7 of hearts, spade, diamond.

Black Jack

Black jack is one of the most popular card games used in Casinos. It is also known as 21 rather than Black Jack. You can understand black jack through given description-

Players do not compete against each other but against the dealer.

The aim of the game is accumulate a higher point whose total is greater than that of dealer’s.

The total of the points must not exceed 21 and the total is calculated by adding the value of the cards.

Each face cards have respective values, K, Q, J has 10 points each and Aces have 1 or 11 points.

Double Solitaire

Another game that we have in our kitty suitable for 2 players is Double Solitaire. It is played with a deck of 52 cards and each player should have their own deck. This game can be understand by these points-

There are 7 piles arranged which are comprised of total 28 cards.

The leftmost pile has only card, then two, then three in the next and so on. The right most pile has 7 cards in it.

The remaining 24 cards are used as the stack to play the game. This stack is kept facing downwards.

Speed

Speed is one of the most basic and one of the most popular card game that can be played between two players. There are certain rules which are given below that would help you to understand this game better.

Speed is played with the help of standard deck comprised of 52 cards.

Speed is all about quick thinking process and fast decision making.

The object of the game is to get rid of all the cards that you have as quickly as possible.

In the standard game of speed, 5 cards will be dealt to each players and the remaining ones will be placed on the table facing down. The cards will be flipped over and players have to match their cards to the cards on the table.

66

In Germany the popular and one of the best 2 player card games of 66 is also known as Skat. 66 is a simple card game intended to play for children. The objective and some of the rules of this game can be understand well through the description given below-

The game is named 66 because the objective of the game is to collect 66 card points in tricks and melds.

The game is also different from other two player games as it is played by a deck of 24 cards.

6-6 cards are dealt to each player then the 13th card is placed on the table facing up.

The remaining cards are placed on the 13th card making a pile or stock.

Hola

Hola is our last pick for the two player card games. Hola is completely based on tricks and it can also be played between 4 players. Here is the description given below which would help you to understand this game better.

Hola is played with a pack of 52 cards and for 6 players two decks can be mixed together.

The object of the game is to capture aces, tens and the last trick.

4 cards are dealt to each player and the remaining cards are kept on the table facing down which forms a stockpile.

It is a bit of tricky game and can only be understand by playing it once or twice.

Conclusion

Apart from these best 2 player card games there is a great list of other games too which can be played between two people. These are Bisca, Bezique, Cassino, Elfem, Marjolet, Piquet etc. All these card games are simple and easy to understand too.

This list of best 2 player card games would keep you entertained till the end and you would not repent spending your holiday playing these card games. It is the time to take a break from all the work and electrical gadgets and get yourself groove into the world of card games with your siblings.